Version 1 has provided a discussion document previously, assessing the impact of Oracle’s Authorized Cloud Policy on AWS and Azure environments. This original whitepaper, ‘Oracle Authorized Cloud Environments, Overview of Policy Changes”, available for download here, is still relevant background reading and provides discussion on topics such as :

Policy changes

Contractual considerations

Existing AWS environments

Other Cloud Vendors

Oracle Workloads in ‘Authorised’ Cloud Environments

This key Oracle document, which provides guidance to customers deploying Oracle workloads in ‘Authorized’ cloud environments, namely AWS EC2/RDS and Azure may be of concern to those considering using either of these cloud providers for Oracle workloads.

Policy Update January 2018 - Licensing on Azure Clarified

The changes issued to the policy document on the 23rd of January 2018 concern deployment on Azure. Oracle have provided clarification on counting of Azure vCPUs and their relationship to hyperthreading. This update is in-line with clarification provided by Azure on the use of hyperthreading in their environments. In summary:

Previously (prior to change on 23 January 2018), Oracle stated that an Azure CPU Core was equivalent to one Oracle Processor license.

Latest update:

If hyperthreading is enabled, 2 vCPU = 1 Processor license

If hyperthreading is not enabled, 1 vCPU = 1 Processor license

Therefore, counting license requirements for Azure or AWS EC2/RDS is no different. Although Azure and AWS are now considered equal in the context of Oracle licensing, it is crucial to note that the Oracle core factor of 0.5 is still not applicable in either AWS or Azure environments.

Further Reading
If you would like to view a detailed discussion considering wider cloud licensing implications, Version 1 has made the ‘Oracle Licensing in the Cloud’ whitepaper available for download here including topics such as:

Cloud ‘types'

Oracle’s Cloud policy for AWS/Azure

Oracle Cloud

Non-approved providers

Cloud Behaviours

SAM process considerations

Please contact Version 1 should you have any enquiries about your move to cloud and Oracle licensing.

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